Nathaniel Greene FOSTER

(1809-1869)

FOSTER, Nathaniel Greene,
a Representative from Georgia; born near Madison, Greene (now
Morgan) County, Ga., on August 25, 1809; attended private schools,
and was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1830;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice
in Madison, Ga.; captain of a company in the Seminole War; elected
solicitor general of the Ocmulgee circuit and served from March 3,
1838, to October 3, 1840, when he resigned; member of the State
house of representatives in 1840; served in the State senate
1841-1843 and again in 1851 and 1852; elected as a candidate of the
American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March
3, 1857); affiliated with the Democratic Party; pastor of the
Baptist Church at Madison 1855-1869; elected judge of the Ocmulgee
circuit and served from September 30, 1867, until his resignation
in 1868 on account of ill health; died in Madison, Ga., October 19,
1869; interment in Madison Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present